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Edward T

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Scented mountain and Koh Kong wild chips thanks to Masstika. If these scented mountain chips are cultivated I smell hope in the future. The smoke from the scented mountain chips is green tea floral and honey mellow sweet and leaves that awesome smokey sweet taste on the back of my throat. Its like I have a rich, sweet flower stuck on the back of my throat behind my tonsils. Words won't do the Koh Kong justice and it's so beautiful I almost don't want to burn any. The Koh-Kong are rich, sweet and chocolaty. These are some incredible chips.

I saw a documentary the other day how organized crime groups go into Cambodia (Phnom-Pen?-I believe although the spelling may be off) into wildlife sancuaries of old growth forests to collect roots from the sassafrass tree to distill the safrole out of the essential oil to make MDMA (the drug exctasy). The damage of felling these trees has affected the whole ecosystem around the fallen tree as a result of the area losing the canopy and shade that the tree provided. I wonder the damage caused by agarwood hunting and the indiscriminate felling of these trees is in any way similar to the destruction caused by the groups that hunt the sassafrass trees?
 
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masstika

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I was intrigued when I saw the Aquilaria Malacensis Candle by Carriere Freres Industrie. P1050749.jpg It is made by Cire Trudon, of vegetable wax and with no synthetic fragrances I was told and when I saw the 45 to 50 hours burn I was totally sold. Imagine how wonderful and economical that would be. Unfortunately and sadly to report after lighting and using the candle for 3 hours continuously in a room sized 12 feet by 15 feet with windows and doors closed, I still could not discern any smell save for a very light and soft Amber smell. There is not a trace of what anyone of us would consider Oud smell. I have let it burn until all the surface has been liquefied and kept going but it made little difference. I have not given up on it yet and I'll report back if any amazing transformation happens.
Another new products I am burning tonight is the Superior Chin-Zhou Aleoswood 8" incense sticks made form what is claimed to be "sinking grade" Indonesian Aleoswood. It is made in Taiwan by Bosen Incense store P1050750.jpg . Very comparable to the Scented Mountains sticks albeit less pungent and more refined. It is by means sinking grade but it has a good amount of Aleoswood, 90% according to the packing and the 10% is a binder. The stick burns smoothly for about 40 minutes leaving the room with a nice soft Oud smell. slightly sweet but more on the dry side than wet or damp. It will be nice to burn it along some sandalwood sticks. It has the same prize range as the Scented Mountain at $24 a pack which has about 50 sticks.
 
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masstika

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For quite sometime now I have been looking for a bakhoor that would bring me back to those nice memories I had in the houses of my friends back in Saudi and the Gulf area but I always get disappointed. Almost every bakhoor that I have bought from one of the big name houses (Ajmal and ASAQ to name couple) has always had this synthetic smells that either made the yes watery or made you head for the windows and doors to escape. Each of my friends were very secretive and protective as to where they got their "special" mix ;-). Well. I think my search is over. Thanks to Simon (a.k.a Abu Bakr) of Aluwwah has concocted a new mix that IMHO hits the spot bulls eye. The mix is called Bakhoor Majlis which as the name implies in Arabic is the scent to be used in "Gathering". The entire envelop that it came in smelled so good even though the incense was tiddly wrapped and sealed inside but it was as if it can not be contained. The mix has pieces of Oud wood and Uunsi which I recognize. I won't bore you here with the usual quotation of notes and scents but enough to say that there is rose, saffron and a bit of frankincense but this is not what it is about. This is a scent where the Sum is much much greater than the parts. It truly manages to capture those great moments when you are with your friends talking and laughing and the Incense tray comes rolling in with the smoke bellowing from Incense burner. There is no off putting notes here and no watery eyes either. I have only tried it so far on the electrical heater but tonight it will meet the Charcoal :) Lastly and I never thought I would say this about anything publicly but I think it is priced too cheap!!! I swear I would easily triple or quadruple the prize and it still be a good buy. (Super highly recommended :)
 
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fumigateur

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masstika said:
Lastly and I never thought I would say this about anything publicly but I think it is priced too cheap!!! I swear I would easily triple or quadruple the prize and it still be a good buy. (Super highly recommended :)
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I just ordered mine in case he takes your advice to heart! Thank you for the resource. There are frequently good things on his website.
 
Orgoglio ItalianO

Orgoglio ItalianO

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d.dog said:
Have you or anyone else tried or use their smokeless incense? (Japan Incense)
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these are quite nice:
http://www.japanincense.com/ky-0021.html
http://www.japanincense.com/ym-0007.html
http://www.japanincense.com/ym-0008.html
http://www.japanincense.com/ym-0009.html
http://www.japanincense.com/ym-0023.html

Some more potent than others. all are really nice,honestly i would try them all pretty quality stuff. Will make your office,room etc smell nice!

I would really check out a lot of Yamdamatsu's offerings sticks,kneaded etc. I think Yamadamatsu is my favorite Incense house. look at my Yamadamatsu sample link above i highly highly recommend that to everyone. Theres a good range of scents all are fantastic. i'll list here again :)

http://www.japanincense.com/ym-0051.html
 
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masstika

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Orgoglio, have you tried any of the Kneaded Incense you listed above? can you give a brief description of the scent profile or any impression you might had from it. The web site does not offer any information and "smell nice" is not really informative. :) Thanks.
 
Orgoglio ItalianO

Orgoglio ItalianO

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masstika said:
Orgoglio, have you tried any of the Kneaded Incense you listed above? can you give a brief description of the scent profile or any impression you might had from it. The web site does not offer any information and "smell nice" is not really informative. :) Thanks.
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Sorry,my apologies for the half a$% review,recommendations etc.

Yes i have these now :)
-GENMYO-
Nice Aloeswood,Kyara with sweet Vanilic,Caramely spicy tone

-Umegaka-
Spicy almost cinnamon like with a lot of Sandalwood, i believe i smell. Kind of a sweet depth to it. Dark

The others i have sampled a while ago a friend sent me a ball of each and need to test again to give a more accurate review. But i remember definitely liking them all very much there was Not one i didn't like. I really enjoyed them
 
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masstika

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Thanks Orgoglio and sorry, didn't mean to put you on the spot. It just I have been curious about those kneaded incense and I couldn't figure out if those were to burn or to just put in the drawers or in the closet between the clothes. Did you burn them on Charcoal or electric burner? The Genmyo sounds nice although I don't know what they mean by "natural aromatic Kyara" for I doubt that it is real Kyara in the mix at that prize. I'll check with Kotaro at Japan Incense.
 
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fumigateur

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d.dog said:
Thank you Orgoglio, I live in a strict apartment complex, never tried smokeless.
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Smokeless incense still has smoke just significantly less of it. I believe that most smokeless incense has high level of charcoal so less resin burn. I have tried "smokeless" incense but it still does produce some smoke along with the scent. Shoyeido makes a fairly comprehensive line of these products.
 
Orgoglio ItalianO

Orgoglio ItalianO

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masstika said:
Thanks Orgoglio and sorry, didn't mean to put you on the spot. It just I have been curious about those kneaded incense and I couldn't figure out if those were to burn or to just put in the drawers or in the closet between the clothes. Did you burn them on Charcoal or electric burner? The Genmyo sounds nice although I don't know what they mean by "natural aromatic Kyara" for I doubt that it is real Kyara in the mix at that prize. I'll check with Kotaro at Japan Incense.
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No problem brother,
I use the supreme electric burner Essence of the ages carries. On a pretty low setting about 10-15
I have only used charcoal on sandalwood and Oud chips.
I think you would dig the kneaded incenses.
 
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masstika

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Today, starting Black Mughsayl (Frankincense) directly from the source (around salala, Oman and further west towards Yemen), presumably comes from male trees with a beautiful orang-y like sweet scent. mughasyl.jpg and then a bit of top notch Howjary with many green pieces. This ones comes from further inland toward the mountains and has an ethereal lemony/camphory scent. Very uplifting and calming all at once. Those two are like the Peasant and the nobleman. But even the peasant might be crude and rough around the edges but he's sweet and comforting and the nobleman, righteous and just. howjary.jpg
 
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masstika

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I love this stuff. I inhale through it like a tornado :) I just got mine 2 days ago :) and that's the blog that led me to them. The black Mughsayl in the picture above comes from the same source (Trygve Harris whom I knew about beforehand).
 
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